. Fig. 9.—Psilota cyanea, Brun., bead in profile. pubescence; some rather long whitish hairs at sides, anteriorly. Abdomen of three obvious segments only, the first very narrow, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th subequal, the 5th barely visible ; all wholly cyaneous-black, with short soft pale pubescence, belly similar. Legs black ; knees, tips of tibite, and anterior tarsi brownish- orange, hind tarsi darkened above ; hind femora and all tibiae with a little pale pubescence. Wings almost clear; stigma pale yellow; halteres reddish-brown. Length, 4^ mm. Described from two § $ ; Gangtok, Sikkim, 6150 ft., 9
. Fig. 9.—Psilota cyanea, Brun., bead in profile. pubescence; some rather long whitish hairs at sides, anteriorly. Abdomen of three obvious segments only, the first very narrow, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th subequal, the 5th barely visible ; all wholly cyaneous-black, with short soft pale pubescence, belly similar. Legs black ; knees, tips of tibite, and anterior tarsi brownish- orange, hind tarsi darkened above ; hind femora and all tibiae with a little pale pubescence. Wings almost clear; stigma pale yellow; halteres reddish-brown. Length, 4^ mm. Described from two § $ ; Gangtok, Sikkim, 6150 ft., 9. ix. 1909, type; and Kurseong, 5000 ft., 10-26. ix. 1900 {Lynch). lu the Indian Museum. Genus CHRYSOGASTER, Meig. Chrysogaster, Meis'en, lllig'. Ma;^'. ii, p. 1^74 (1803). Campeneura, Kondani, Dipt. Ital. Prod, i, p. 52 (1856). Campinexira, id., op. cit. ii, p. 12 (1857). Cryptinetira, Bigot, Rev. Mas'. Zool. (2) xi, p. 308 (1859). Cryptoneura, id., Ann. See. Ent. France, (6) ii, Bull. p. xix (1882). Camptoneura, Williston, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 31, p. 31 (1886). Gekotype, Einstalis solstitialis, Fall, (as coemiteriorum, Fabr.) ; by designation of Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. ii, p. 816 (1843). A generic character according to Verrall.
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